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Star Wars began with its original trilogy and captured the hearts and minds of people from all over; allowing a galaxy far, far away to enter the homes of Earth via television. Let’s explore how Star Wars transitioned from a cultural cinema phenomenon on the small screens to filling the world with advanced narratives and talent.
Continue reading The Evolution of Star Wars on the Small Screen: From Movies to Series
Hand pipes, also commonly known as spoon pipes or bowl pipes, refer to compact smoking devices designed for manual handling while lighting up smoking blends. Tracing back through centuries, the earliest origins of hand pipes lie in ceremonial tobacco or herbal smoke usage across diverse global cultures – from Native Americans to African tribes, Middle Eastern hookahs to Asian opium pipes – long before glassmaking advances brought forth modern versatile iterations. Continue reading The Art and Evolution of Hand Pipes: A Journey Through Time and Design
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Speaking about Evolution (1911), Piet Mondrian wrote, “it’s not so bad, but I’m not there yet.” The three figures here represent the stages of evolution from the physical to the spiritual realm, as promoted in Theosophy. The triangular-shaped nipples and navels of the women, which point upwards and downwards, symbolize their spiritual and earthly orientation. The central figure embodies the fulfillment of the evolutionary process, to the spiritual realm. The flowers on the left panel are symbols of purity, while those on the right symbolize tragic suffering.
Photographed in the Tate Modern Museum in London.
The Origin of the Lego Man
2009 marks the 150th anniversary of the publication of Charles Darwin’s most famous work On the Origin of Species (published 24 November 1859). Plus, Thursday (2/12) would have been his 200th birthday. The New York Times’ science section published this article on Tuesday, and I have even been invited to weird FaceBook events honoring both this controversial book and Darwin’s anniversary of birth . Of course, I can’t even think of the book’s title without also being reflexively thrown to thoughts of Type O Negative’s infamous live CD, The Origin of The Feces, but that is a different story. Keeping it on a lighter note, Listicles looks at the evolution of the most familiar graphic shorthand for Darwin’s entire theory with their 10 Illustrated Versions of Evolution, including the Evolution of Lego Man, seen above.
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